<p>I am helping a friends son, he is 24, nearly 25 and wants to get his BA. If the FAFSA is just based on his income, will the Blue & Gold apply? I am a bit rusty on the undergrad stuff!</p>
<p>Don’t know if this will help - published by the California Student Aid Commission:</p>
<p>[Cal</a> Grants: Fund Your Future](<a href=“http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/newi2_CAworkbook_interactive.pdf]Cal”>http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/newi2_CAworkbook_interactive.pdf)</p>
<p>Who qualifies for the UC Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan?</p>
<p>UC’s Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan will cover your educational and student services fees if you are a California resident whose family earns less than $80,000 a year and you qualify for financial aid — and that’s just for starters. Blue + Gold students with sufficient financial need can qualify for even more grant aid to help reduce the cost of attending.</p>
<p>What it takes to be eligible</p>
<p>Be a California resident
Demonstrate income below $80,000 with financial need, as determined for federal need-based aid program
Be in your first four years as a UC undergraduate (first two for transfer students)
Meet other campus basic requirements for UC grant aid (for example, be enrolled at least half-time during the academic year, meet campus academic progress standards, not be in default on student loans, etc.)
Submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 2 and provide any additional documentation campuses may request by the specified deadline.
Make sure your school submits a GPA verification form to the Cal Grant program, or download the form, have your school fill it out and send it to the California Student Aid Commission</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/paying-for-uc/financial-aid/grants/blue-gold/index.html]University”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/paying-for-uc/financial-aid/grants/blue-gold/index.html)</p>
<p>The $80k limit is really for families. A single person with an income of - say - $75k - would have a high EFC.</p>
<p>Blue&Gold has no age cap unlike Cal Grant (27). As he is over 24, he is considered an independent student and only his income will be looked at on FAFSA and thus all that will be considered for Blue&Gold or Cal Grant. The trick with Blue&Gold when it comes to single independents (as m2ck alluded to) is that a sub-$80k income has a much different EFC for a single independent than it does for a family. Blue&Gold still requires one have demonstrated need as well as being below the $80k income cap.</p>
<p>I don’t all the details about him, but I can tell you Blue&Gold applied for me with just my income and I was the same age when I transferred. Just be mindful of the March 2 deadline.</p>